2007 enlargement of the European Union
The 2007 enlargement of the European Union joined Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union. It happened on 1 January 2007. The Treaty of Accession was signed on April 25, 2005 at Luxembourg, Neumünster Abbey. It was the seventh time the Union accepted new members.
Membership
[change | change source]Since 1989, Bulgaria and Romania wanted to be a part of the European Union (EU)[1] and put forward to become members in 1995.[2]
During the 2000s, Bulgaria and Romania made changes, such as improving their democratic system, human rights acts, freedom of speech acts, economy and laws.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Chronology of the Fifth EU Enlargement, Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom
- ↑ Melanie H. Ram, Ph.D., Sub-regional Cooperation and European Integration: Romania’s Delicate Balance
Other websites
[change | change source]- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania
- Government of Romania Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Ministry of European Integration Archived 2017-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Gateway to the European Union
- Infoeuropa Centre Archived 2007-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
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